Uniting for Impact: Collaborative Efforts Towards and Inclusive & Sustainable African Data and AI Community

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1. Uniting for Impact: Collaborative Efforts Toward an Inclusive and Sustainable African Data and AI Community . . Gift Ojeabulu
2. Co-founder of Data Community Africa AI Developer Relations & Data Scientist Advisory Board Member at DevNetwork. Twitter: GiftOjeabulu_ Linkedln : Gift Ojeabulu Who am I?
3. Table of contents 01 Opening Story: Why this topic? Intro 02 Identifying a Gap Within the Community. The state of Data & AI in Africa 03 How we started and the inspiration Role of Collaboration In Addressing Challenges 04 Fragmented efforts across the continent Building an Inclusive Ecosystem 05 Struggles we’ve overcome but need future support to catalyze our growth Sustainability through Knowledge 06 Future Aspiration What Next?
4. INTRO 01
5. The Current State Of Data & AI in Africa 02
6. Challenges 2b - Limited access to infrastructure and resources. - Lack of diverse representation in data and AI roles. - Fragmented efforts across the continent
7. The Role of Collaboration In Addressing Challenges 03
8. How does Data Community Africa solve this[Collaboration]? 3b
9. The 3 arms of D.C.A
10. Education and Capacity Building Training programs, Certifications, Mentorship, scholarships (Datacamp)
11. Community Engagement, Networking and Career Development Conferences, Hackathons, Meetups, Webinars, Online communities, Jobs (Propel)
12. Advocacy and Data Literacy Data Awareness, Ethics and Responsible AI, Research and publications, Open source in Data and AI
13. Our Journey since Inception... 03
15. Milestone...
16. 2022 - 2023 Optional image Here Milestone in Numbers
17. 2023 impact Milestones in Numbers (Datacamp)
18. Building an Inclusive Ecosystem... ecosystem... - Representation Matters. - Accessible Knowledge. - Equitable Opportunities.
19. Sustainability through Knowledge & shared resources ecosystem... - The Power of Open Source in AI. - Authors & thought leaders. - Long term Vision.
20. What Next?
21. Conclusion
22. “Unity is strength...when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” Mattie Stepanek
24. Thank you!